Theretra turneri

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Theretra turneri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Sphingidae
Genus: Theretra
Species:
T. turneri
Binomial name
Theretra turneri
(T. P. Lucas, 1891) [1]
Synonyms
  • Panacra turneriT. P. Lucas, 1891
  • Panacra miraC. Swinhoe, 1892

Theretra turneri is a moth of the family Sphingidae first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1891. It is known from the Australian state of Queensland. [2]

The wingspan is about 60 mm. Adults have light brown forewings with a number of dark brown markings. They have plain brown hindwings.

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References

  1. ↑ "CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience - Sphingidae". Cate-sphingidae.org. Retrieved 25 October 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (15 February 2020). "Theretra turneri (T.P. Lucas, 1891)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 21 July 2020.


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